Configuration

• Right Click on Project, “Manage NuGet Packages”
• Search for and install “Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets”
• Right Click on Project, “Manage User Secrets”
• Add a test secret such as

  {
    "Secret1": "Value1"
  }
  

Initialization

• Add a reference

  using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
  

• Create the configuration object

  IConfiguration Configuration { get; set; }
  

• Initialize and create the configuration object

  Configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    .AddUserSecrets<CompassIntegrationClientTests>()
    .Build();
  

• Get the configuration value

var secret1 = Configuration["Secret1"];
Assert.Equal("Value1", secret1);

Reference

• Avoid Secrets in .Net Core Tests